Wonders beyond numbers : a brief history of all things mathematical

Ball, Johnny, author.

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Johnny Ball has been a well-loved name in mathematics for many years. Wonders Beyond Numbers is his magnum opus, and his first book for more than ten years. It is nothing less than the history of mathematics; he describes it as 'a summation of my career as an enthusiast for mathematics'. It will help spark (or re-spark) the reader's love of maths in its many facets. The scope of the book is breathtaking. Running in something approaching chronolog...

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Mathematics History

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ISBN:

9781472939999
1472939999

Description:

480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470) and index

Contents:

Preface : Mathematics means everything to me...
Wow Factor Mathematical Index explained
Introduction : Russian sums in an English pub, circa 1946
The most ancient mathematics legend
The first two great mathematicians
The great age of Grecian geeks
Archimedes : the greatest Greek of them all
The glory that was Alexandria
Total eclipse of the Greeks
Maths origins, far and wide
Mathematics was never a religion
Discovering the unknown world
The huge awakening and new age of learning
The new age of mathematical discovery
How to calculate anything and everything
A mathematician with gravitas
The simple mathematics that underpins science
The many tentacles of mathematics
Wow Factor Mathematical Index

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2378611

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